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New Butterfly Vario
On Feb 13, 4:17*pm, T8 wrote:
Can anyone name a single pilot who has an accident, or even a bad scare due to entering IMC in competition? -Evan Ludeman / T8 Yes, Evan, I had a bad scare in a contest environment (Elmira 2009 Sports Class Nationals) I found myself in heavy down pour (IMC). I am talking about the kind of down pour that makes you stop on the highway because you don't see anything. I was not able to see anything neither ahead nor down for what seemed like eternity. In reality the IMC lasted 20 seconds or maybe a bit more before I barely saw the ground. For all that time I did not touch controls and that saved the day. After I started seeing bits and pieces of the ground I turned away from the cloud. If I had a gyro I would have executed 180 deg right away and I would have avoided much of the stress. Saying all that, it was my bad judgement that got me there, although I could swear the cloud did not look bad up to the moment I got poured on. I learned from that experience. I am still worried more about people flying in clouds than me entering IMC again. I am thinking that if someone is going to fly in clouds they better do it with the right equipment rather than a cell phone gyro especially if I am under the cloud they are flying in. I am slowly thinking that maybe allowing gyros is not that bad of an idea. I can't make up my mind on which side of this argument I am on. Andrzej |
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